But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.But you don’t believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.
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… In John chapter 10, the Lord Jesus is talking to the unsaved Pharisees. And he says in verse 26, But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep as I said unto you. Now there's some unbelievers who are not part of the sheep Now if you're not part of the sheep It's impossible for you to say the Lord is my shepherd if you want to Satan's goat The Lord is my shepherd only if you can say the shepherd is my Lord Now notice the description of a person who can say the Lord is my shepherd Verse 27 My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me When you say my shepherd then the shepherd says my sheep and a sheep is someone who hears his voice, someone that he knows, someone that follows him. Have you heard his voice? Have you received him as your personal Savior and Lord? You see, my dear friend, it is a personal relationship with the shepherd. …
… The works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me, but you do not believe. because you are not of My sheep. As I said to you, My sheep hear My voice. I know them, and they follow Me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. Neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. I and My Father are one. Now here, Jesus declares a unity between Himself and the Father, a text that has been ripped from its context time and again in church history. We think back to Arius in the fourth century where he used this verse, I and the Father are one, to interpret it in this way, that yes, Jesus was one with the Father only in the sense that they agreed on the same mission. They thought alike. They embraced the same ethic. …
And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. For My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. I and the Father are one. He who has ears to hear the word of God, let them hear. You may be seated. Let us pray. Our fathers, we consider these words from the 10th chapter of John. We pray that you would grant to us understanding of the meaning of Jesus' words, how they relate and edify His people even now. For we ask it in His name. Amen. Last week we, for the second time, considered elements of Jesus healing the man born blind. And we didn't finish chapter 9 last week, but at the very end of that chapter, leading up to what I read this morning, the following things took place. Jesus found the man who had been cast out from the presence of the Pharisees because of his testimony to Christ, and he said to him, Do you believe in the Son of God? …